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3 Core Link Baiting Strategies for 2013
The search engines are always changing, but link baiting strategies never die. Here are the three core elements of an effective link bait campaign, which...
The Definitive Guide to Penguin Friendly SEO
On April 24, 2012, Google launched what was originally called simply the “webspam algorithm.” It’s impact was large enough in the SEO community that Google...
Misconceptions about Google Search Algorithm Updates and the Disavow Links Tool
In 2012, Google released significant search algorithm updates that have changed SEO practices forever. Many websites have been penalized by different algorithm updates. For some...
On-Page Optimization Methods Still Valid in 2013
SEO can be divided broadly into on-page and off-page optimization techniques. Simply put, on-page optimization is concerned with everything that can be done to boost your...
How to Use MajesticSEO to Identify a Possible Negative SEO Campaign
MajesticSEO has been one of my favorite tools for some time. Its value for site audits, competitive research, and a lot of other tasks is...
The Lowdown on Website Load Speed
The loading time of your website is an important factor that determines its overall success. As people generally prefer sites which load fast, they tend...
Get Over Yourself – Matt Cutts Did Not Just Kill Another SEO Kitten
Fed up with Google’s continual changing of the rules? Worn out by all mixed messages they send? Sick and tired of being sick and tired...
Is P.C.P the New SEO?
For years, optimizing a website was quite a simple affair. Through the course of search engines indexing sites, there were various algorithm updates too, but till Panda...
YP.Com Insights Report Highlights Growing Tide of Local Search
Local business search engine YP.com has announced its end of year report, revealing its latest trends about what consumers are searching for as the holiday...
Google Announces Changes to Solve Mobile Ads “Fat Finger” Problem
Google has made a significant change to the way its mobile ads work, in order to remedy the so-called “Fat Finger” problem of users accidently...
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Is There A Deception In the Google Ad System?
As I was writing my previous article for SEJ, I conducted several experiments during which I stumbled across few troubling issues with Google’s methods. One...
10 SEO & Social Lessons from the Election
Presidential campaigns are massive marketing phenomena. An inevitable bit of fallout from every national election is the publication of hundreds or thousands of blog posts entitled...
Resurrection After a Google Manual Review
Every webmaster’s and SEO professional’s nightmare is seeing a sudden plummet of those hard-earned Google rankings. The chaos that ensues in trying to pinpoint just...
12/12/12 Asteroids and Doomsday: What Are You Searching For?
This is big, SEJ friends, and if you landed on this page, you are now searching for the next big trend of the Internet: 12/12/12....
Yahoo! Closes Strategic Content and Advertising Alliance with NBC
According to the Business Insider SAI chart of the day, and by all accounts, according to all stock charts you may want to use, Yahoo’s...
[Infographic] SEO’s Future Brighter than You Think
Our Internet has come a long way over the last decade. Creating a website, blog, online community, or social media presence has never been easier....
Search Engines and Remembering Pearl Harbor with Relevance
A guy in Google forums once asked; “Why is there no Google Doodle in honor of December 7th? (Pearl Harbor)” With Google Doodles for everything...
7 Advanced Link Building Strategies for a Competitive Edge
We all know it’s not worth our time to build sub-par links anymore. It’s time to get innovative with our link building tactics. We previously...
5 Essential Ingredients for Truly Effective Pull Marketing
Pull marketing is the science of attracting leads and sales rather than applying more work-heavy traditional ‘push’ marketing approaches. In an increasingly tough marketplace, pull...
Google Launches Regulation Free and Open Web Campaign
A highly publicized UN conference on the future of the internet kicked off in Dubai yesterday, amidst warnings from organizations led by Google and Microsoft...
Content Creation a MUST for All Brands
With the endless noise about layoffs and poor economic conditions being passed on by traditional media outlets (Yes, Newsweek is no longer publishing), an area...
Bing Scroogled Google
It’s on again: the eternal rivals fight dirty. At least one is: Bing. Google’s most powerful search competitor, a Microsoft product, is now populating the...
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[Update] Google Webmaster Tools Security Breach Confirmed
A justified panic gripped the SEO industry after word got out that Google Webmaster Tools has an extremely serious technical issue – old user accounts...
Fully Integrated Marketing THE Path for Brands to Succeed
Every day of the week, it seems, someone asks me if I can guarantee sales if they hire my public relations agency. Of course if...
7 Ways to Screw Up a Content Marketing Plan
Content marketing is all the rage right now – and with good reason! Not only can content marketing help you to expand your brand’s recognition...
Bing Webmaster Guidelines and the Import of Script
Bing is being criticized for having waited so long in releasing their Webmaster Guidelines, and even for having over generalized what Bing’s Duane Forrester termed “broad strokes of...
B2B Marketing Predictions for 2013
Change, innovation, progress, while these terms should always be associated with the positive, for marketers entrenched in their current methodologies, the future can seem down...
How to Write Sassy SEO Titles that Go Viral
A good title is a door for readers to enter your site. Then, it is up to you to make them feel at home, it...
#Amazon Offers Social Friendly “Pages” for Brands
Holiday shopping season has begun in earnest, and Amazon is kicking it off with new brand opportunities for their 3rd party vendors. Introducing Amazon Pages...
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I’m thankful for Penguin Recoveries During Panda Updates, for Manual Link Removals, and for the Disavow Tool [Case Study]
As Thanksgiving approaches, there are a few additional things for me to be thankful for this year. And as you can tell by the title...